"Fly Guy is buzzing over to the weather station today. Come along to learn all about weather!"--Back cover.

"As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with meteors? Stormin Norman Weatherby is gearing up to answer...

Highlights a wide variety of weather conditions by taking a tour around the world and examining weather in different places on the same day in March.

Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.

Provides a textbook exploring the science of weather and climate, offering information on wind, water, and extreme weather. Includes a timeline, activities and experiments, color photographs, sidebars, QR codes that link to online information, vocabulary exercises, critical thinking questions, a glossary, and further resources.

"This all-inclusive book takes a wide range of meteorological phenomena--including clouds, rain, snow, and fog--and examines their relationship to each other in order to explain how weather works in an easy-to-grasp way. Important scientific concepts such as energy, temperature, and electricity are described in the context of the weather cycle as well as the various climates on Earth, and how we as humans fit into the scheme. Key questions are posed...

Simple text and photographs provide an introduction to weather and climate and explain weather forecasting.

Describes different kinds of climates found around the world. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and additional resources.

This science bulletin follows scientist/adventurer Lonnie Thompson to the 5,670-meter-high Quelccaya ice cap in Peru's Southern Andes Mountains. Thompson and his team from Ohio State University are racing to core a cylinder of 2,200-year-old ice to unravel the past climate patterns of this region - before our gradually warming climate melts this invaluable record away. By analyzing global ice cores, glaciologists like Thompson now have a well-preserved...